To Cook
Prepare the noodles as per packet instructions in a bowl. Set aside.
Heat oil in a large saucepan (or wok) over low heat, fry ½ jar of laksa paste until fragrant.
Add the chicken and stir fry until cooked.
Add coconut milk and a little water if desired, and bring to a boil.
Drain and place noodles in bowls. Top with laksa soup.
Place beansprouts on top and garnish. Enjoy!
Chicken
Chicken Red Curry
To Cook
Heat up cooking oil in a pan on high and add half a jar of Valcom Red Curry Paste. Keep stirring for 2 mins until fragrant.
Add one can of coconut milk and mix in with the paste.
Once hot, add the chicken thighs and let simmer for 5 mins.
Add the other can of coconut milk.
Get the broccoli and beans and add to the mix. Let it simmer under a lid for another 5 mins, or until the chicken is cooked.
When ready, remove from heat and serve on top of rice. Add sugar snaps, chilli, lime, coriander and fried shallots to garnish.
Northern Thailand Curry Noodles (Khao Soi)
To Cook
Put the 200ml coconut cream in a large heavy-based saucepan over medium-low heat. Add a red curry paste, turmeric powder, curry powder and garam masala. Cook and stir constantly for about 2-3 mins until oil separates on the surface. Then, add all the chicken and stir until all the chicken is coated with coconut and chilli paste.
Add a further 200ml of coconut cream with 2 cups of water. Stir all the chicken until all the curry sauce is mixed through then reduce the heat to low and cook for about 10 mins.
Add chicken stock powder, ABC sweet soy sauce, brown sugar and fish sauce into the pot then stir until mixed through. Simmer and cover for 15 mins or until chicken is cooked through. Taste and add more seasoning to suit your taste.
Cut wonton skin into small strips and separate into individual pieces. Put vegetable oil in a small pot or pan and put on the stove top. Turn the gas to medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the wonton in a small amount each time until light golden crispy. After the wonton is cooked, take them out and put them on a plate with kitchen paper towel to drain any excess oil. Cook until finished.
Before serving, put about 6 cups of water in a medium pot then cook the noodles in boiling water following the packet directions. Drain and refresh under cold water. Divide noodles into individual serving bowls.
Ladle curry and chicken over noodles. Top up with crispy wonton noodle, coriander/spring onion, sliced red chilies, diced shallots and chilli in oil (to suit your desire). Serve with lime wedges.
Enjoy your creamy northern Thailand style curry noodles.
Cantonese Stir-fry Chicken
To Cook
Heat oil in a wok on high heat, add chicken and stir-fry until cooked through for 3-4 mins.
Add vegetables and sauce to pan and stir-fry until sauce thickens for 1-2 mins.
Garnish with sesame seeds, green onions and serve with steamed jasmine rice.
Chilli Chicken San Choy Bow
To Cook
Heat a wok or large frying pan and add 1 tbsp peanut oil. When the oil is hot, add minced chicken, garlic, ginger & onion.
When chicken is cooked, add sliced capsicum, lime leaves, sauces and softened rice stick noodles (cooking time approx. 8 mins).
Remove from heat, add fresh coriander and mint leaves.
Portion into lettuce cups, serve dipping sauce and fresh lime on the side.
Ginger Poached Chicken
To Cook
Bring chicken stock and ginger to boil, then add chicken.
Boil water for egg noodles. Cook the noodles, drained and set aside.
Add coconut cream and bamboo shoots to the stock and simmer.
Add fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and salt to taste
Put cooked egg noodles in a bowl and add the mix on top.
Serve with a garnish of coriander, red chilli and lime wedge
Chinese Sesame Chicken with Black Fungus
To Prep
Clean the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces, set aside.
Soak the black fungus until soften.
To Cook
Heat up the wok over medium heat. Sauté sliced ginger until curled up, then add in sesame oil and continue to sauté until fragrant.
Add the chicken and stir fry until slightly browned, then add red dates, goji berries, black fungus, chicken bouillon powder and rice wine.
Cover with lid and continue cooking for a further 10 mins. Serve hot with rice.
Thai Basil Fried Rice (Khao Pad Horapa)
To Cook
Heat up some vegetable oil in a wok over high heat. Add the garlic and chilli and stir-fry until the garlic starts to color.
Add the chicken to the wok and stir-fry until the chicken is cooked.
Then add the long beans and capsicum before quickly adding the oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce.
Add the onions when the long beans and capsicum are almost cooked and stir fry until they begin to be translucent.
Now add the rice to the wok and stir/toss until the rice and sauce are mixed well.
Finally, remove the wok from the stove and stir in the Thai basil leaves before transferring to a serving plate.
Paper Wrap Chicken (Chee Pow Kai)
To Prep
Prepare the chicken first by rinsing in water and then cutting each thigh into 4 pieces.
Place your ginger, shallots and garlic into a food processor and mince. Mix the rest of the marinade ingredients with the minced herbs. Mix with the chicken and leave to marinate for at least 1 hour. Marinate overnight for a stronger flavour.
After marinating, add the sesame oil, vegetable oil and, tapioca flour to the chicken. Mix well and set aside as you prepare the parchment paper.
Fold each piece of parchment paper into a simple “pocket”. Fold the parchment paper lengthwise into 3 equal sections, with the left section under the right section. Then fold the bottom toward the middle of the parchment paper.
Open the top of the parchment paper and place a piece of chicken inside – take note not to add any additional marinade into the pocket. Then fold the top left and right corners towards the centre, forming a triangle.
Repeat until all the pieces of chicken are in their individual parcels.
To Cook
Deep fry each parcel of chicken in oil over medium high heat until medium brown on both sides. This should take about 30 seconds for each side. Remove the parcels from the oil and allow to cool.
Reheat the oil and deep fry the chicken again, this time only for a few seconds until they become a rich, dark brown colour. Drain off the oil from the parcels and serve.
Chinese Poached Chicken (Pak Cham Kai)
To Cook
Thoroughly clean the chicken and rinse with water. Then stuff the cavity with the ginger and spring onions. While doing so, start to boil a large stockpot of water.
When the water has started to boil, slowly place the chicken neck-first into the pot until it is completely submerged and then lift it back up out of the water. Repeat this for 2 more times. Then finally submerge the chicken in the water and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes.
After simmering for 15 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the chicken to continue poaching in the water for around 20 minutes. The time it takes for the chicken to fully cook varies according to the size of the bird.
When the bird floats to the top that is a sign that it is cooked. Test if it has fully cooked by poking the thickest part if the chicken and checking the liquid that comes out runs clear. Alternatively, a meat thermometer reading of 75°C means the chicken is cooked.
Once the chicken has fully cooked, immediately remove from the pot of water and remove the herbs from the cavity. Stop the cooking process by quickly submerging the chicken in a bath of ice water for a few minutes.
Remove the chicken from the ice bath and pat dry. Brush the skin with sesame oil and set aside.
The dipping sauce can be prepared while the chicken is poaching. You’ll need to mix the all the ingredients except the oil and soy sauce in a mixing bowl.
Heat up the oil in a pan until it begins to smoke, then turn off the heat and pour the oil into the bowl of dipping sauce. Stir it around and season with the soy sauce to taste.
When ready to serve, chop up the chicken and arrange on a serving platter. Garnish with sprigs of coriander and spring onions. Serve with the dipping sauce and steamed rice.
Chinese Roast Chicken
To Prep
Clean the chicken with some water. Make sure to clean inside the cavity as well as the outside skin. Pat dry with some kitchen towels. Using some kitchen twine, tie the legs together, this will help the bird cook evenly in the oven.
In a small bowl, mix all of the marinade ingredients together and rub it generously on the skin and in the cavity of the chicken. Place the garlic and ginger in the cavity of the bird.
Place the bird in a large enough marinade bag and pour whatever is left of the marinade in with the bird. Seal the marinade bag and marinate the chicken in the fridge overnight.
Once the chicken has marinated enough, remove the chicken from the marinade bag and remove the garlic and ginger. Leave the chicken out to air dry at room temperature until the skin is no longer wet. If you have a fan, turning it on will speed up this process.
To Cook
Turn on your oven and set to 200°C. Place your chicken in a roasting pan with a rack so that the fat and drippings can be collected.
Once the oven has heated up, place the chicken on the lowest rack and roast for 45 minutes. At 45 minutes, flip the chicken around and roast the other side for another 15 minutes.
While the chicken is roasting, mix the ingredients for the skin coating together. Once the chicken has roasted for an hour, brush the entire chicken with the skin coating mix. Then roast for a further 10 minutes on each side or until the skin turns a beautiful golden brown.
Remove the chicken from the oven and allow to cool. Once cooled, cut up the bird into decent sized pieces and serve with the collected drippings together with steamed white rice.
Creamy Butter Chicken (Lai Yao Kei)
To Prep
Combine chicken cubes and marinade in a bowl. Marinade for a minimum of 1 hour.
To Cook
Deep-fry the chicken cubes. Dish up chicken, drain and set aside.
Heat wok and add butter. Fry chillies and curry leaves till fragrant.
Pour in evaporated milk and bring to a boil. Add in chicken stock powder, salt and sugar to taste.
Add chicken and cook until they are cooked through. Stir to coat chicken pieces evenly in the sauce. If the dish is too spicy, add a pinch of sugar.
Serve hot with rice.